KRI Conference 2009

Russian Game Developer's Conference, or KRI, is an annual professional event
devoted to game development, publishing and distribution.
Since its inception in 2003, KRI has quickly established
as Russia's leading event of the type, offering developers
unique chance to share experience, meet colleagues and
communicate their ideas and works to professional public.
Not only has KRI attracted industry representatives from ex-USSR countries,
but also from abroad. Every annual KRI has been attended
by renowned game developers that are known across the planet.

KRI 2009 will take place on May 15-17, 2009 at the Cosmos
Hotel located in Moscow. It is expected to be even bigger than
all previous KRIs, with more attendants, more industry events and,
of course, more business opportunities. As the only truly industrial
conference in Russia, KRI 2009 will once gather developers, publishers,
middleware providers and hardware manufacturers from all over Russia and
former USSR countries. It is going to be three days of intense negotiations,
surprise announcements, project signings and business deals. Plus, it's many
new people to see, new opportunities to explore and projects to check out.

Every year, KRI offers its visitors an extensive program of events, which
includes lections varying from programming to game company management, panels,
round table discussions, presentations, unveilings
of new products and games, and so on. Every year,
organizers revise the list of events to expand it and
to offer even more value for attendees. Some of them are already
widely recognized by domestic industry. Integral parts of every KRI are:

Lectures and seminars on various game development topics by renowned
game developers from Russia and celebrities from the West

Projects Fair,
a best opportunity for indie and independent developers to show off their work
and get a contract from the publisher.
Every KRI, Project Fair
attendants take a chance to see new projects
that were kept under the hood. And every KRI,
publishers walk away from the Project Fair
with contracts on new promising projects

KRI Expo —
a Russian game development at its best.
Lots, lots, lots of startling projects developed by first tier
development teams and in-house studies.
It's what makes Russian gaming industry a world-class one,
a proof of professionalism and creativity of domestic game developers.

Core audience of KRI are people and companies that are working in gaming industry of Russian Federation, CIS countries and Baltic states. They make up to 9/10 of the entire KRI audience. The rest are related to the electronic entertainment industry and students who seek for knowledge and future employment. Survey conducted at the last KRI shows that:

Business of the 93.7% of the KRI participants is related to the gaming industry, 54.3% deal with outsourcing, and 49.6% are also working in other areas

Over 80% of KRI participants work in companies that develop games

Around 50% of KRI participants take administrative or management posts

84% of KRI participants are directly involved in decision making or evaluate the needs of companies to purchase new hardware, software or services